From Caesar's legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
But the line of thought that I'd been chasing for several days was implicit in the ruins of the old Roman Empire,… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Evolution is an obstacle course not a freeway; the correct analogue for long-term success is a distant punt receiver evading legions of… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
No despot ever flung forth his legions to die in foreign conquest, no privilege-ruled nation ever erupted across its borders, to lock… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
My writer friends, and they are legion, do not go around beaming with quiet feelings of contentment. Most of them go around… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
It was a fear we had when we started 'Legion,' that there were too many comic-book series out there, and how do… — Lauren Shuler Donner Copy Share Image
Yes, I could see these enormous elephants, whose trunks were tearing down large boughs, and working in and out the trees like… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
We have been very clear that Israel has an undeniable right to self-defense and that the rockets that it has faced coming… — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
The most interesting acquaintanceship I have struck up here is that of Colonel Lapinski. He is without doubt the cleverest Pole --… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I'm the son of Jupiter, I'm a child of Rome, consul to demigods, praetor of the First Legion. I slew the Trojan… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We need to remember the purpose of our service to one another. If it were only to accomplish some part of His… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
The firing on that fort will inaugurate a civil war greater than any the world has yet seen…you will lose us every… — Robert Toombs Copy Share Image
You don't understand me. You are not expected to. You are not capable. I am beyond your experience. I am beyond good… — Richard Ramirez Copy Share Image
... skepticism about past returns is crucial. The truth is, much as you may wish you could know which funds will be… — Bethany McLean Copy Share Image
In this climate - with belief in guardian angels and creationism becoming commonplace - making fun of religion is as risky as… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
No,''he said.''I was a Strigoi. I was one of them. I did...terrible things.'' The words were mild, but the tone of his… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“That's why he's called Legion—in a way he's the embodiment of the crowd. It's the crowd that comes out of him and… — René Girard Copy Share Image
Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone.… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“It was how it had been with the madman among the tombs, that their number was legion, far in excess at any… — Kem Nunn Copy Share Image
The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid… — Goldwin Smith Copy Share Image
'Legion' was a lot of fun to shoot. It was a real unique apocalypse scenario that takes place in a diner out… — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
In the real world, I see conservatives volunteering at adoption agencies, at churches, at bake sales and the local American Legion Post… — Allen West Copy Share Image
Social media has created a legion of social delinquents, billions of people speaking not their minds but their spleens, venting everything from… — Steven Weber Copy Share Image
Olympians are the product of the Movement, and to get them to the stadiums, pools and playing fields, it takes the actions… — Bill Toomey Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, the few eras of peace were times when men of war had high influence. The Pax Romana was enforced by Caesar's… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
I believe Fernand Point is one of the last true gourmands of the 20th century. His ruminations are extraordinary and thought-provoking. He… — Thomas Keller Copy Share Image
The remarkable legion of the unremarked, whose individual opinions are not colorful or different enough to make news, but whose collective opinion,… — William Safire Copy Share Image
The miracle of Good Friday is that there was no miracle. Legions of angels stood - with swords sheathed - watching as… — Mark Hart Copy Share Image
Well...he's back in an exam room. Should I get out a quarter?" Everybody groaned. There was only one He out of the… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Along with all those books about Lincoln, Obama might read some biographies of Napoleon. The general who established the Legion d'Honneur understood… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
The high IQ has become the American equivalent of the Legion of Honor, positive proof of a child's intellectual aristocracy… It has… — Sam Levenson Copy Share Image
Frank Zhang! I, Jason Grace, praetor of the Twelfth Legion Fulminata, give you my final order: I resign my post and give… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Making a new season for 'Legion' is not something you just switch into. It's not something you do between dropping the kids… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
Our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
For every hate-filled attempt to harm, there will be always the legion of those who do not hesitate to give their help… — Amber Rudd Copy Share Image
Mr. President at this time it is suicide, murder, and will lose us every friend at the North. You will wantonly strike… — Robert Toombs Copy Share Image
Here we have bishops, priests, and deacons, a Censorship Board, vigilant librarians, confraternities and sodalities, Duce Maria, Legions of Mary, Knights of… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
The first comic book I ever read was an issue of 'Legion of Super-Heroes' where the earth was surrounded by all of… — Jonathan Hickman Copy Share Image